Posts Tagged ‘staffing’

Manufacturing Skills in Short Supply

A recent article in the New York Times captured the current employment turmoil that defines our domestic manufacturing sector. Although a number of companies do have staff openings, they’re discovering it’s very difficult to find candidates with the advanced technical skills that the company...

July 7th, 2010 | Featured, Hiring, Management, Strategy, Training | Read More

10 Biggest Job Interview Blunders

This week, Anne Fisher wrote a column for Fortune’s online magazine detailing the top 10 job interview blunders. The mistakes she details are pretty common, and can generally be categorized in two broad categories: lack of preparation and failure to focus on the company’s needs, not yours. With...

November 19th, 2009 | Interviewing, The Search | Read More

The Worst Cover Letter Ever?

One of the staff members of Ragan Communications, a Chicago-based communications firm, posted a letter the firm received from an eager college student seeking her first job. The letter was uniformly awful, and the comments interspersed by the Ragan commentator were sadly hilarious. SUBJECT LINE: Question.. Is...

November 11th, 2009 | Interviewing, Resume, The Search | Read More

Toughest Interview Questions: #3 Why Should We Hire You?

In our continuing series of how to answer the toughest interview questions, today we take on another one of the tough, open ended questions that strikes fear into the heart of job seekers everywhere: why should we hire you? Just like the general questions Tell me about yourself and What are your greatest...

November 4th, 2009 | Featured, Interviewing, The Search, Video | Read More